![]() ![]() Nicola named Little Hudson to “bring a little slice of New York to Royal Docks” and juggles running it with raising her three-year-old son Rafi. I could have moved back to the UK and got a job in banking, but I wanted to do something I really loved.” Little Hudson is located in Starboard Way, Royal Wharf – image Matt Grayson “Then I got pregnant, unexpectedly, and that really pushed us to do it. “I knew if we waited we might miss out or other places might move in and then there would already be competition. “When I did, I quickly realised we needed to go for it because there were some available. “So I decided I was going to have a look into it and see if there were any units around. “In New York, brunch is such a big part of the lifestyle and I’ve always loved food – working in a bank wasn’t really me,” she said. It was a huge transition, but one Nicola makes seem as natural as breathing. We knew we wanted to move back home.”īy 2019 she was back – running fledgling café Little Hudson around the corner from Thames Barrier Park and raising her newborn son. “But we knew we wanted to start a family and I didn’t want to do it there. “For me, the whole point of being there was to be in the centre of everything. “We moved to New York in our late 20s and loved it,” she said. The Londoner was living it up in Manhattan with her husband – banking by day and soaking up all the city had to offer by night ![]() The concrete jungle is “where dreams are made of” according to Alicia Keys’ song New York.īut for Nicola Micah the Big Apple simply provided the inspiration for her Royal Docks reality. Subscribe to Wharf Life’s weekly newsletter here Owner Nicola Micah talks banking, motherhood and serving up all sorts of dishes to east Londoners Nicola Micah outside her cafe – Little Hudson – image Matt Grayson
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